We talked with Doug about how his Ice Cream company got started, why he started it, and why it became so successful.
LGBTQIA Youth & Coming Out
Interview With Samantha Busa
by Stella
We talked with Samantha Busa, a psychologist who specializes in LGBTQ+ children. We talked about the mental health issues surrounding LGBTQ+ youth and she actually sent us a ton of statistics regarding the number of LGBTQ+ youth suffering with mental health issues.
No Name Calling Week
by Sophia
We did a presentation in front of the middle school about no name calling week, which is a week organized by GLESN that is a week deticated to no name calling, mostly focused around homophobic slurs. After our presentation we showed a video by GLESN about bringing people up instead of putting them down.
No Name Calling Week Presentation
by Zariel
We presented a slideshow to middle school meeting about no-name calling week.
Interview with Tate Benson
by Zariel
We went to lpq and met with Tate, they showed us different forms and they taught us about what GLSEN does.
Interview with Tate Benson
by Stella
On our fieldwork we interviewed Tate Benson from GLSEN. Tate gave us a bunch of resources like lesson plans and tips for how to come out safely. We interview them about their daily life at GLSEN, and what it’s like for them being an LGBTQ+ person outside of GLSEN. We also asked them what the mission of GLSEN is and what their personal mission is by working at GLSEN.
Interview with Tate Benson
by Sophia
We met at Le Pain Quotidien, the one across the street from school. We sat down down stairs and they showed us a folder they had brought for us to look at. We then talked about GLSEN and what they do their and their coming out story until Zariel left to take her Spanish quiz. We then went upstairs and bought them a drink and Stella and I learned more about them as a person and had more of a casual conversation with them, while also staying on topic and talking about LGBTQ+ kids in school and how to deal with homophobic slurs.
Interview with Chris Woods
by Stella
We interviewed Chris about his work at the LGBTQ+ center at NYU and asked him some questions about his day to day work and what he thinks the future is for other LGBTQ+ centers at other schools.
Interview With Chris Woods
by Zariel
We met with Chris and we talked about terminology, different organizations in NYC for LGBTQIA people. We also talked with him about his mission at you.
LGBTQ+ Youth and Coming Out
by Clair
Our group is focusing on LGBTQ+ Youth and Coming out. Many kids don’t have a safe place to be themselves and their parents throw them out of their houses when they come out to them because they don’t accept them so we are trying to figure out ways to help the increasing number of homeless…
